Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-07-16
ARIZONA WEEKLY ENTERPRISE.
WHITE FURNITURE.
How a Bright Woman Created a Unique
 and Beautiful Apartment.

Bow a Bright Woman Created a Unique
 and Beautiful Apartment.
 No sooner had we furnished our houses in somber colors with dark ma hogany and early English furniture of black oak, which appeared worm-eaten, if it really was not, when, To! the dealers inaugurate a perfect craze in white fur niture, light-colored upholstered goods, and from the dignified and aristocratic English or colonial styles we become imbued with the period of Louis Quinze. However, the dark rich furniture is too beautiful to give up without q struggle, and fashion now dictates that those who can afford it shall have each room in their residence furnished to represent not only a distinct period, but a certain country as well. Thus we have English rooms, French rooms, colonial, Egyp- tian and Japanese apartments, accord ing to the purse or fancy. The first 'white room'' built in New York of any prominence is the music room in the Willard mansion. now owned and occupied by MT.
 
 polished in light colOrcd woods, and the entire apartment is of ivory white, picked out with gold, and in the panels of the walls medallions of lutes, rihhops and Scrnlls of music haEd- some swwiiiite roOm'' has the floor 3t. polished wood, with here and there white Astrakhan rug; the furniture is of white, picked out with gold, up holstered in white satin brocade; the curtains and other draperics are ol white plush embroidered with gold; the picture frames are white and gold, white easel stands in one corner and q white and gold piano. It makes most beautiful apartment. Not long ago the writer described this room to a clever young wife who lives in an adjacent town. She has comparatively liltte money, but excellent taste; recently she invited me to see her ''white room," which she surprised me by stating was all the result of her own ingenuity and cost but little The wood floor had been stained and polished to look like cherry, and several white fox rugs, which cost about $3.50, were laid here and there. She had bought scv- eral of the tripod-legged tables with pine tops. The legs she painted white with gilt lines, using the liquid gliding. The tops were covered with white plush, and another with white felt, with yellow satin bows at the corners and gold fringe She also made mantel scarf of white plush, trimmed with yellow bows. An old-fashioned high-baeked kitchen chair she painted white and made for it a yellow plush cushion. One of the ordinary Shaker rocking chairs was also painted white and gold, and over the red and black braided seat she had tackled white felt, with some yellow flowers. embroidered upon it, while the back was decorated with a yellow Chinese silk scarf. Plants grew in common fiower-pots, painted white an easel was made of pine. painted white, while over the mantel was ar ofd-fashioned oval mirror, such as were used fifteen years ago. Between the windows she had hung the mirror lengthwise and painted. its common black walnut frame white, looping { white silk scarf, with gold figures, around it. A milking stool, also painted white, with bunch of yellow flowers painted upon the seat, stood il corner; at the windows were white China silk curtains, tied back with yellow bows. These curtains, being of the same material a: silk handkerchiefs, of course wash a, well. Old disused walnut picture frames were also painted and gilded to matct the other articles. And beautiful wal bracket was made of a square of pine board, to which was nailed three little shelves put on irregularly like three steps. This also was painted white gilded on the edges of the shelves anC hung up by screw eyes, which were con cealed by yellow bows-a pretty yellow A Leeds vase was one of the ornaments white candlestick which held a yellow twisted candle, choice bit of Roya Worcester, which were among the pos sessions, and, of course, other orna ments about the apartment. A birC sang in a brass cage, harmonizing witt the decorations. The effect was lik, fairyland, and in spite of this fact thu pretty owner of all informed us tha this charming result was reached at cost not exceeding twenty-five dollars It would be difficult to say which Wa the more beautiful, the "white room, with its gorgeousness and white piano which apartment cost in the neighbor hood of $10,00 or that of the brett, young housewife who, with little none, but much taste and industry, had crea ted an apartment unique. beautiful and better than all, showing her own indi yiduality.-N r MaiI aud Express.
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